My instinct is to get growl-y when people talk about using gratitude to find your way out of the dark times and places and into the light. I want to say, “What the fuck does that beautiful sunset have to do with this situation?” In reality, the sunset probably has nothing at all to do with the situation, beyond the fact that the sun is providing for life on Earth, but the acknowledgment that human souls are soothed by the beauty of the sunset may be the first step on the path out of darkness.